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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 91

Policeman's Death Man Charged with Murder. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

Police Sergeant "Marks who was shot in the brawl at the Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday died to-day. Patrick Kelly has been charged with murder…

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Murder of a Chemist. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

The jury found Hickman and Wei by Hunt guilty of the murder of Ivy Toms, chemist. The jury recommended life imprisonment for Hickman and leniency for…

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Clements Murder Case Tell Tale Finger Prints. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

At the Bairnsdale Police Court George [?] Gordon was charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Clements at Bulumvaal. Detective Jones stated that the…

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Missing Assaulted Man Sydney Police Searching. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

Harry Maguire, aged 31, laborer, was treated last night for a stab wound on the loft side of the body. He told the police that he and two mates were talking in…

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Locked Door Cabramatta Tragedy Young Mam and Woman Killed Railway Official Charged with Manslaughter Liverpool

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

The inquiry was continued at Liverpool to-day into the Heaths of Arthur Leslie Clarke, 23, and Add Hoy, 22, who were killed by a train at the Cabramatta…

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Foreigners in Court Torture and Robbery Alleged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

The case in which Boota Barba and Jan Mohamed and Marguerita Mohamed were charged with having assaulted and robbed Buddha Deen was concluded at the…

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Maclean Police Court Wrong Man Gets Summons

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., Mr. D. P. Jones appeared for H. J. Skinner, who proceeded against Oswald Franks,…

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City Gangs "Like Packs Of. Dingoes" Magistrate on Police Attackers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

When William Duncan, 21, cabinetmaker, was charged with assaulting Constables Lee and Gordon in King street on Saturday, evidence was given that when…

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Surry Hills Assault Case Injuries Feloniously Inflicted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

The coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Lawrence Tracey, 27, who was attacked by a number of men at Surry Hills…

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CLAIMED £20,000 Awarded Farthing Damages Appeal to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day Silas Young Maling, deputy manager of the City Electricity Department, appealed from the finding of the jury in the recent case in…

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60 M.P.H. Youths In Stolen Car Police in Pursuit Sensational Chase and Arrests Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

Chased by the police, three youths jumped from a speeding stolen car in Double Bay last night and allowed it to crash through the fence of a…

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Acquitted Judge Not Surprised Indecent Assault Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 5

A jury at the Darlinghurst Sessions today acquitted Wallace Moore, produce merchant, of Gosford, in a charge of having indecently assaulted Mrs. Alice…

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SAMOA Critical Position Native Rising Threatens Native Prisoners Walk Out of Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 5

A wireless message from Samoa discloses a serious state of affairs. The message stated that members of the Mau, who were imprisoned,…

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Murder Plan Woman's Remarkable Story Lover's Proposal to Remove Husband. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 5

An extraordinary story was told at Northam to-day at the inquest into the death of John Alfred Jeffreys, who was found dead at the home of Mrs. Tresist…

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Three Years Gaol Two Men Sentenced Tram Conductor Attacked and Robbed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, William Thompson, 24, and Thomas Craig, 28; were sentenced to three years' gaol for having assaulted a…

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Gunshot Wound in Back of Head Son Charged with Murder of Father. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Martin Ryan, a farmer, who was found dead in a motor car on February 22, with a shot in the head, opened to-day, at…

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Woman Driver Sentenced Month for Manslaughter. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 1

Convicted of the manslaughter of George Jarman, motor cyclist, Mrs. Hickey, wife of a bookmaker, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment…

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Drover's Appeal Interesting Tenterfield Case Full Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 1

A case of interest to country shires, was heard before the Full Court to-day, when George Nelson, a drover, appealed against his conviction at Tenterfield…

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Farthing Damages Fuel Court Judgment Reserved in Mailing Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 1

The Full Court reserved judgment today in the appeal by Silas Muling, deputy manager of the Electricity Department of the City Council, against the verdict of…

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Cupid Won Court Looked on Youth and Girl Married. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 5

The case in which Harold Bartlett, 18, was charged with having abducted Olive Mary Rown, 19, from her parents care and eloped with her to Nowra, was set…

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